If your parenting style or organizing style or marriage style or anything style isn't working, do something about it.

If you're not getting the sleep you need at night, or your body is acting weird, or something isn't quite working out, do something about it.

Translated, that means SEE YOUR DOCTOR, or at the very least, do some internet research.

If you're having money issues, do something about it.

As soon as one forces oneself to keep a running tally on the fridge of how much is being spent, the overspending often magically stops. Listening to Clark Howard's radio show is also financial contraception.

Which works for food, too. Making yourself visibly accountable does wonders.

You have to want change. You have to have some tiny, twisty interior moment that impels you to action. A minor epiphany. A major one. A dream. Something.

You have to want it bad enough.

We are far too old, smart, and pretty to spend this much time complaining about things that are within our own power. It's never too late to change-- as I mentioned on my post about revisions. Happiness is always in your hands.

I'm not saying I'm without fault in this area. But I'm doing something about pretty much everything on my list right now. I'm reading books, I'm Googling, I'm swinging kettlebells, I'm making doctor appointments for the things that keep me up at night. As long as I'm moving forward, I'm content. Even the minor failures aren't so bad, as long as your plan is in place.

Forward momentum. And constant vigilance. That's what it takes.

Sort of like a combination of Tron and Mad-Eye Moody.

And, apparently, according to that photo at the top of this post, Slave Leia.